Siding questions - what to do with asbestos shingle? [View all]
Ok so the house has asbestos shingle in pretty good shape, and the prior owners left a stash of spare shingles. I need to either paint or "replace" the asbestos shingles. I was leaning hard toward painting until I heard that in my state, it is legal to put siding over the asbestos shingle without removing it. The person who told me was talking about vinyl siding but I would assume I can do aluminum, or maybe stucco? (not really thinking along stucco lines ... I like it on some houses but can't quite see it on mine, yet).
My biggest concern after appearance (being able to make it look decent), is environment. I think painting the existing shingles is probably the best course, EXCEPT ... shockingly, I know, I really don't like the look of the asbestos shingles. (I think these days it pretty much screams old house that person can't afford to get new siding on. Or something. Does ANYONE like asbestos shingle?)
If I side over the existing shingle, is there any kind of non-aluminum siding that's ok for the environment, durable, etc.?
So, home improvement group, your thoughts?
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